#BDCD96#BDCD96

#BDCD96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.076 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDCD96
RGB	rgb(189, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(77, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -14.74, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 29.58, 119.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0392 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.076 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3221, 56.6835, 37.2436)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDCD96 #A696CD

analogous

#CDC296 #BDCD96 #A2CD96

triadic

#BDCD96 #96BDCD #CD96BD

tetradic

#BDCD96 #96CDC2 #A696CD #CD96A2

square

#BDCD96 #96CDC2 #A696CD #CD96A2

split-complementary

#BDCD96 #96A2CD #C296CD

monochromatic

#869E4B #A3B96D #BDCD96 #D7E1BF #F1F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BDCD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#BDCD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDCD96

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDCD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDCD96	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdcd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.076 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dcb5',
    500: '#bdcd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdcd96;
$custom-light: #d1dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdcd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.455,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82235,
    "c": 0.07566,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDCD96

secondary

#7765A2

accent

#37AE5A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDCD96

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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